The Atlantic Boys Basketball team is set to square off against the Harlan Cyclones tonight in Harlan.  The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was pushed back due to the winter weather conditions.

Atlantic is excited to get another crack at the Cyclones after Harlan won the first meeting 57-50 at the Atlantic High School gym back on January 5th.  Caleb Rasmussen had 16 points in the first meeting while Ethan Knudson chipped in 14.  Ryan Hawkins had 23 points in the loss.

Atlantic Junior Garrett Franken talked about the opportunity after a win at Red Oak Friday. “We definitely want to go in there and get a win in there gym.  They beat us in our home gym, so it’d be nice to go in there and return the favor.”

Atlantic Coach Alan Jenkins says his team will be ready, “Everybody knows how tough Harlan is in their gym.  We feel like we have a lot to prove.  We got beat up there last year in double overtime in a game we really felt like we could of/should of won. Harlan is not in our substate so for a lot of our guys we don’t know if we are going to get to play them again.  This is who we want to play, we want to play the best teams.   We’ll be ready. We are going to have to hit open shots and keep the ball moving.  There is nothing to lose, we are going to be well prepared and we are going to fly around the court and have fun.”

The Trojans and Cyclones are set for a 7:30pm tip-off at Harlan Community High School. We will have coverage for you here on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1.  You can also listen online or on the KJAN mobile app and live video can be found on our TV page at kjan.com.